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| Acmlm's Board - I3 Archive - Modern Art - The Pixel Avatar Contest - MERRY CHRISTMAS WINNERS! |
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Kattwah Acro RIP Acmlm's Board: Feb. 18 2007                     Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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Hey... can we try and put all of the entries in one post? That would help us judges out a lot come time 
Welcome... to what may become the first unnofficial "Graphics Contest" of this board, the first ever Pixel Avatar Contest! Okay... so I bet you are wondering what this is all about, yes? Well then, let me just tell you. This is a contest for making 60x60 avatars, all which will fall under six categories seen below. The catch is, that they must all be hand drawn, and in pixel. Pixel being such as anything you would find in an SNES game. Thats pretty much it. Let your creativity fly and see what you come up with. There are a few more restrictions, but we will get to those. As for why you should enter. Should you take first place, you will get a nice, big winner logo that you can display pretty much anywhere. Bio, signature, wherever. Plus, a chance to judge in the next competition (whenever that comes up, you never know  ). This is also a great incentive for you to pick up those unfinished projects and get them done. Plus it's fun to see what people will come up with!
What will happen is. You can enter up to five seperate avatars into this contest for judging. The panel of judges which have already been chosen, will rate them from a 1-10. The average of the scores will be taken, and the highest scorer will win. Now, depending on how many people enter, the judging will be based on categorys, or it will be a "Judge everything and the best one wins". So, the more people that enter, the more chances you have to win 
So, as for the six categories I had mentioned earlier. Every avatar you enter will fall under one of these categories. If your avatar falls under multiple ones, pick the category that your avatar would mostly fall under. If you want an example of each, you have them, displayed below. Categories --Graphically Intense (For those that like to go over the top) -This category is for anything incredibly detailed, that a person would spend a long time on to get every pixel right. Now, there is no "graphical standard" for this category, but the more detailed the avatar is, the better off you will be. Any logos and/or banner types should go under this category. 
--Personal Bests (For you to display personal info) -This category displays who you are, and what you have. Postcount, username, etc. We should be able to look at the avatar, and know something about you. Decorations are a big plus, and should be added for more points. Anything that has this, goes under this category. 
--Retro Gamers (For those who love to rip sprites) -This is where all ripped sprites, and minor-edit sprite avatars go. So, all you Kirby, Mario, Sonic, etc lovers, show off your best assembly skills in this category. Minor-edit sprites, if done well, will get you extra points. 
--Spriting Wonders (For those who love to make their own sprites) -This is for those people who really let their mouse and color skills shine. Personally made sprites of all sorts go in here. Like we havae said before, the more detailed, the better off you are going to be.
 (Thanks goes to Giga-Guy and SpriteTrooper for the sprites and background)
--Humor and Craziness (For the flat out funny) -This is the category to make us laugh, or for those off the wall entries. Sprites may be present here, but the main theme we are looking at is humor and craziness. Please, no seizure pixels... pretend you have to stare at this avatar for the rest of your life... will you get annoyed? 
--Animations (For those who love to shine in motion) -Probably the most interesting category. Any animations, no matter how short, or long, will go in this category. The only exception are palette animations, which will go in their appropriate section. Go ahead and combine categories, just make sure the animation is fluid and done right.
So thats what this is all about. Just a few loose ends to tie up now... so read the restrictions and keep them in mind when drawing. Restrictions 1) Must be in pixel format. Thats why it's a pixel avatar contest. 2) Must be a 60x60 avatar. No more, no less. Its an avatar, remember? 3) No NSFW. Period. 4) Along with no NSFW, please don't make things that will make us want to tear out our eyes... or give us seizures 5) A 5 entry per person limit. You may post as many as you like, just set aside the five you want judged. 6) GIF or PNG format only guys. Theres obviously going to be a lot of images, especially for me (50 posts per page people). Lets keep the file-sizes small, okay?
7) If you are going to go off of the Retro Gamer category, make sure that your sprite fits. 8) Speaking of sprites. Sprite edits will all fall under the Retro Gamer category, unless its like, drastically edited. Because recolors are not original... 
9) Absolutely no filters or effects. Those aren't pixeling. 10) Custom sprites of say, big name characters, so long as they arent totally similar to normal sprites, will go under Spriting Wonders. 11) Realize that any entry has to be your own work. Nobody elses (Except for the Retro Gaming category). Keep that in mind. Now that you have a general idea of what to expect, you can get started. And if you would like to help spread the word, feel free to stick one of these two userbars in your signature. Make sure you include the link as well.
So get going... this contest only goes until January 31st (edited by Kirby ATW on 01-03-06 10:29 PM) (edited by Kirby ATW on 01-04-06 06:42 PM) |
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Danielle     6730 Administratorrrr HELLO THERE   Since: 11-17-05 From: California Rate me ^_^ Last post: 6296 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| Stickied for great justice!
I'm hoping this will be fun and exciting for everyone, to see the different entries and to judge them. Anyone that wants to link to it in their sig (look it mine) can certainly do so, the more "publicity" so to speak, the better.  |
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Kailieann Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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Hai, Oosaka-san desu.
Please note that I did the gradient background by hand, so it doesn't really count as a 'special effect'. Just a collosal waste of time. |
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Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| OK, that's it, we have a winner. I don't care if I'm not a judge, it's Osaka.
Seriously, I'm looking forward to this. Lord knows we have enough intelligent/creative minds signed up here. |
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cpubasic13 I'm ahead of myself... Wait...  Since: 11-17-05 From: Citra, Fl. Last post: 6296 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| Well, this is sure an interesting contest that I am sure to enter.
We have until the 31st? Alright! I'll at least have a chance to improve my drawing, whatever it may be. I think the hardest part will be ideas... Yeah, this will be interesting to see what else everyone is going to come up with. |
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The Onyx Dragoon 150  Since: 11-17-05 From: Somewhere between Mars and Jupiter, Sitting on an Asteroid Last post: 6299 days Last view: 6297 days |
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here's an animation i made out of sprites of my affiliates...kinda "corny" in a way, but i hope someone likes it 
http://www.geocities.com/theonyxdragoon/my_avatars_vs_IASD_uncut.gif |
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Shadic The Adventure of Link Perfect Member Since: 11-18-05 From: Olympia, Washington Last post: 6302 days Last view: 6298 days |
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| So, what if I did a pixel art of Link? What catagory would that go into?
EDIT: Bamz0rz. I might mess with it still.  (edited by Shadic on 01-03-06 12:14 AM) |
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Ten Flurry Since: 12-09-05 From: Denver Last post: 6301 days Last view: 6296 days |
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This is my sprite avatar. 
This is the full version from the template I made myself. 
This is Tree. He doesn't really have to do with anything, I just felt like showing him off. |
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Simon Belmont Except I'm totally fucking hyped about Dracula X: Chronicles.  Since: 11-18-05 From: Pittsburgh Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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pixel contest? fucking awesome. userbars? fuck that 
expect a few entries from me |
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Zem Permabanned. Flaming, trolling, reregistering. Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6618 days Last view: 6618 days |
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| Durr, we'll see. I have to work on a shitty mac with a shitty trackpad using merely-decent Pixen, so I'm finding graphical stuff pretty tricky. I plan on submitting something, but I may not get the time. | |||
Stifu Since: 11-18-05 From: Your mom's bed Last post: 6297 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| I would have probably joined if I was less busy... Cause that's just the kind of things I'm into. | |||
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Xkeeper Took the board down in a blaze of glory, only to reveal how truly moronical ||bass is. Since: 11-17-05 From: Henderson, Nevada Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| 'would have' joined is irrivalient given that this is still an ongoing event until 1-31-06
so you have plenty of time |
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LizardKing Bullet Bill  Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6298 days Last view: 6295 days |
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Nothing great probably, but I thought I'd just enter it to see how it'd fare.
And if anyone recognizes it, yes, I did use it as an avatar for a while. *edit: Well, I kinda changed my mind. (edited by Soilwork on 01-09-06 11:30 AM) |
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Stifu Since: 11-18-05 From: Your mom's bed Last post: 6297 days Last view: 6295 days |
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Originally posted by Xkeeper Don't you mean "irrelevent" ?
That's just one month though... And I'm going to have exams and presentations the whole month, coincidentally, among other things. So, not so "plenty of time"... I guess you can always do something if you really want to (it's just for 60x60 pics anyway), but I'd rather spend the little free time I'll have left on other (more relaxing or important) things. If I ever feel bored or overly inspired this month, I'll know what to do though. (edited by Stifu on 01-03-06 09:55 AM) |
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Kingpin Since: 11-21-05 From: Amarillo, TX Last post: 6301 days Last view: 6295 days |
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Eh, I thought I would give it a shot. Art isnt quite my forte, so forgive me now.
Its my userpic now too. |
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Toxic 250 TOX4ADMIN  Since: 11-17-05 From: I'm keeping a list. Last post: 6296 days Last view: 6295 days |
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I drew that one originally, as a picture of my kid sister Lisa, then I just whipped up a pixelated version of it Nevermind the fact that it's over the size limit, IT'S AVANT GARDE AVATAR. |
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Simon Belmont Except I'm totally fucking hyped about Dracula X: Chronicles. Since: 11-18-05 From: Pittsburgh Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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well.. Entries 1 and 2.
  
do I have to pick the categories myself? (edited by Setzer on 01-15-06 08:08 AM) |
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emcee Red Super Koopa Since: 11-20-05 Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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Movie poster parody, that's Dr. Wright. 
Tom Servo. 
Gypsy. 
Crow. (edited by emcee on 01-05-06 05:38 AM) (edited by emcee on 01-06-06 12:48 AM) (edited by emcee on 01-06-06 12:50 AM) (edited by emcee on 01-31-06 01:43 PM) |
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Danielle 6730 Administratorrrr HELLO THERE Since: 11-17-05 From: California Rate me ^_^ Last post: 6296 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| Well I'm not entering, because 1)I'm a judge and 2) I suck at pixeling. But.. I'd love to show off the example I made. And I fixed it up a bit... put it in my custom title.
I'm so proud of it.
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cpubasic13 I'm ahead of myself... Wait... Since: 11-17-05 From: Citra, Fl. Last post: 6296 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| Hehehe... those are neat.
I'll have to finish my first one. I don't know whether it will go under spriting wonders or the humor and craziness section. It is kind of both... but more of spriting wonders... But the other sprites look like tough competition... I doubt I'll win, but this is sure fun to do! And I just noticed that we can have five entries... well, that is a lot of work for me to do! Hehehe... |
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